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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 277 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Good dust jacket. Light foxing to side fore-edge. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

Condition: Good. Second Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Jacket. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. (Great Britain, John Croker, 19th century).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. hardcover in very good + condition with very good + dust jacket.

Hard cover. Reprint of 1884 edition. Very good in good dust jacket. F.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Thus. 278pp, illustrated with black and white plates. In grey cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine (boards are clean, strong and square; just gently rounded at spine ends). Internally neat, clean and bright. Firmly bound. In its original dust jacket (discoloured, paper scuff affecting title on front, lightly chipped around spine and edges). The Croker papers would be of supreme interest if all they contained were a record of the sayings and opinions of Croker's intimate friend, the Duke of Wellington. In fact the papers offer much more. First published in 1884 these papers give an insight into political happenings, behind-the-scenes discussions and the gossip of the first half of the nineteenth century viewed from the standpoint of a leading figure of the Tory party.

Condition: Very Good. 1967. Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, lightnicks. Price clipped, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 158 pages 23 cm. Contents: 1660-1688 The Restoration period -- 1688-114 William III and Anne -- 1714-1783 -- 1783-1832 -- Conclusion. Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Navy Procurement; Great Britain. Royal Navy; Great Britain; Great Britain Executive departments. 3 Kg.

hardback, large 8vo, viii,277pp, illustrated, light foxing on edges and on endpapers, text clean and sound, Good condition in browned and slightly frayed dustwrapper.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a little fraying to the head of the spine. Text complete, clean and tight; Hardback. Dust wrapper over grey boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6½" (1 kg); pp (vii) 277; Index; Contains: Top edge dyed Red; Black & white plates; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #181812 ||.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. vii + 277pp, illustrated, bound in original grey cloth.; Large Octavo.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Hardback. With dust jacket. Ex library book. Photograph available on request.

New ed. First published 1884. Nice, tidy copy; pale green cloth with gilt lettering on spine; pages appear clean overall; dust jacket price clipped; minor shelf wear on edges. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in dust jacket.

New and abridged edition of 1884 original. 8vo. vii + 277pp. B/w ills. Original boards with d/w, chipped to top and bottom of spine, grubby cream spine with pic, red text. US$10.

Condition: Very Good. 1967. Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, lightnicks. Price clipped, remains very good. . . . .

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 8 pages, with illustrations. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 17.5 x 24 cms. Category: History Today; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 7 pages, with illustrations. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 17.5 x 24 cms. Category: History Today; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 6 pages, with illustrations. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 17.5 x 24 cms. Category: History Today; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 18 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 17 x 24 cms. Category: Mariner's Mirror; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 8 pages, with illustrations. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 17.5 x 24 cms. Category: History Today; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. xii + 158 pages, "the first detailed study of the Contract side of the work of the Navy Board". Though published in the USA, this copy is indicated as "Made and printed in Great Britain". With the bookplate of Duncan Wilson Harrington (1945-2023), a long-time member of the Kent Archaeological Society, on which the original price, date and location is neatly written. Else, book cover has slight bumping amidships on front bottom edge; a very slight inclination to foxing throughout. Jacket has some creasing along both edges, and is price-clipped.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 158 pages 23 cm. Contents: 1660-1688 The Restoration period -- 1688-114 William III and Anne -- 1714-1783 -- 1783-1832 -- Conclusion. Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Navy Procurement; Great Britain. Royal Navy; Great Britain; Great Britain Executive departments. 1 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A new and abridged editon of the first edition of 1884 A heavy book of 277p. Complete illustrated dustjacket, a little rubbed to the edges. B + w illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. The letters, diaries etc. from 1808 - 1857 of John Wilson Croker, the friend of Wellington, Peel and Spencer Perceval, and Secretary of the Admiralty for over 20 years, with the behind the scenes discussions and gossip of the leading Tory politicians. He also contributerd to the Quartely Review - including a fierce attack on Keats' Endymion.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Thus. pp 277. These papers 'give an account of the principal political happenings, the behind-the-scene discussions and the gossip of the first half of the nineteenth century, viewed from the standpoint of a leading figure in the Tory party. For more than 20 years, Croker was Secretary of the Admiralty and a powerful debater in the House of Commons. He was a favourite with George IV, and a friend of Sir Robert Peel, Spencer Perceval and many other notables.' Dust-jacket is chipped and rubbed - book otherwise in very good condition.

Condition: Good. Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, some illustrations in b/w, 8vo.; Spine and edges dust jacket browned. Tears dust jacket repaired with tape.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very Little Sign Of Mechanical Wear. Very Minor Signs Of Age-Tanning To Jacket And Pages Plus Some Light Foxing To Page Fore-Edges.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. NO JACKET. Hardback 1967. Clean & tight. Flat pages. No inscriptions. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 100/26.

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Thus. Croker was Secretary of the Admiralty and a powerful debater in the House of Commons, as well as a friend of The Duke of Wellington. 277 pages. Illustrated. Text good and tight with no inscriptions. Binding very good apart from a small mark on the back cover. Dust jacket fairly goof, with neat restoration. Weight 842g. See photographs attached. (H-37).

New ed. Abridged from the 1884 first edition. Dust jacket worn, with some loss at top edge. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket.